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We use the following decks for Goddess Flight tarot readings.

Choose from any of the following tarot card decks for any tarot reading you order. Find the tarot deck that fits your style, or try a variety of decks to match the type of reading you want. Below are sample High Priestess tarot cards and brief reviews of each deck you can choose. You can also select the link to purchase the deck through our Amazon.com store.

Aquarian Tarot Card Reading Deck
The Aquarian Tarot by David Palladini was published in 1970. It can be described as having an Art Deco style using muted natural grey tones and spots of color and movement. The Major Arcana and Court cards are more pronounced and detailed. The imagery is somewhat medieval. Some imagery strays from the traditional Waite deck, but it is more similar in imagery than not.

Cloisters Tarot Card Reading Deck
Tarot of the Cloisters was created by Michelle Leavitt in 1998. However, it can be hard to find. The images are similar to the Rider Waite deck, but a stained glass effect is added and each tarot card if round, not square. Although round, Tarot of the Cloisters is not a feminist deck like the Motherhpeace deck. Each card is designed to mimic stained-glass windows found in cloisters, which were buildings adjacent to 12th century cathedrals.

Gareth Tarot Card Reading Deck
This deck was designed by Gareth Knight and Sander Littel in the early 1960s. The style uses clean lines and bright large colors. The Minor Arcana cards are simple using only cups, wands, swords or disks as a focus. The drawings of people on the Court cards look somewhat rudimentary. Out of print.

Morgan Greer Tarot Card Reading Deck
Designed by Bill Greer under the direction of Lloyd Morgan. Published in 1979. A good starter deck like the Rider Waite deck. The Morgan Greer deck has powerful imagery in rich and lush colors with good use of symbolism. Many people find the artwork easy to relate to. The Court cards have realistic-looking people. This deck is unique because the art work covers the whole face of the card with no white border like most cards have.

Motherpeace Tarot Card Reading Deck
The Motherpeace tarot deck as created by Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The art looks as though it was created by indigenous peoples, is bright and on round cards. The Motherpeace Tarot is considered a feminist deck. It changes the Hanged Man to Hanged One and the Hermit to the Crone. The Court cards are changed to Daughters, Sons, Priestesses and Shamans. This deck has definite Goddess and Shamanistic mythic imagery.

Native American Tarot Card Reading Deck
The Native American tarot deck was created by by Magda Weck Gonzalez and illustrated by J. A. Gonzalez. The suits consist of shields, vessels, blades, and pipes. The imagery and symbolism draws on many tribes. The art is skilled and many cards are revealing of the cultures. The cards show scenes from daily life and folklore.

Rider Waite Tarot Card Reading Deck
There are several versions of the Rider Waite tarot deck because of its age. This is considered the first deck & many call it a great starter deck for a new tarot reader. Most decks created are based on this deck with variations. The card images are heavy in symbolism with traditional court cards. The Rider Waite deck is the first deck to have complete pictures for each of the Minor Arcana cards, rather than just the suit symbols. Each card in the deck tells a story that beginners can usually interpret on image alone.

Sacred Rose Tarot Card Reading Deck
The Sacred Rose tarot deck was created by Johanna Gargiulo-Sherman in 1982. The cards have bright bold colors and are filled with forest imagery, flowers, nymphs, fairies and other creatures. The deck also incorporates Byzantine icons and medieval stained glass window imagery. It also uses some Qabbalistic symbolism in some cards. The Sacred Rose tarot deck is also a good beginner's deck.

Swiss Tarot Card Reading Deck
The Swiss tarot deck was first published in 1831. The colors are red, blue, green yellow, black and white. And the suit cards do not have scenes, only suit images. The Swiss deck is simple in coloration, but many of the images hark back to the first tarot deck images and contain ancient myhthological imagery which is powerful. There is an English and French version of this deck.

Ukiyoe Tarot Card Reading Deck
The Ukiyoe (pronounced ookee-yoh-eh) tarot deck was created by Koji Furuta in 1980. The word Ukiyoe is a Buddhist term meaning "floating world." It is a Japanese deck with exquisite artwork and imagery. This deck is done in traditional Japanese woodblock style from the Tokagawa period of Japanese history. The deck art is detailed and vivid. The card numbers are in English and Japanese. The Ukiyoe deck Minor Arcana suit cards are mostly focused on the suit images with some pretty background imagery.